ChapbooksChapbook SeriesWritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectArts
August 19, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Poetry: All forms & styles|Cowboy Poetry|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Rod Miller|”Fine Lines & Wrinkles”
ArtsNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingBook ReviewEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close readingPamphlet series
July 25, 2026
O:JA&L FREE PRESSES||HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library Pamphlet Series
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
May 15, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Mixed Forms: Haibun|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Roberta Beary|”The Heart of Haibun”
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
April 16, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|POETRY: All forms & styles|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Richard Widerkehr|”What on Earth?”
UncategorizedFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWritersArts
April 12, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|POETRY: All forms & styles|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Bruce McRae|”My Craft and Sullen Art…
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
January 9, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Discourse: Fiction/Nonfiction|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Kent Dixon|”Flash Discourse: A Physical Artifact”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS
November 13, 2025
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Tom Hazuka||”Structure and Style in Flash Fiction”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
July 17, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Craft Essay/Analysis/Explication||María DeGuzmán|SUBTLE MATERIALIZATIONS OF MEMORY
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 8, 2025
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Pedro Ponce|An Essay on Craft|”UNDERGROUND: A FLASH MANIFESTO”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fiction
February 27, 2024
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Prose Poetry||Featured Writer: Maxine Chernoff|An Essay on Craft|”Love Affair with Prose Poetry”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fiction
January 22, 2024
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”The ABCs of Abecedarians”
UncategorizedFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fictionWriters
December 28, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Peter Conners|An Essay on Craft|”PLENTY: How to Write Very Short Fiction”
Experimental (XP)WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 23, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|An Essay on Craft|”EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING: THE TIMELINE OF COMPLEMENTARY REALITIES”
WritersPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fiction
October 5, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Roberta Allen|An Essay on Craft|”FIRST IT HAPPENS, THEN I MAKE IT UP”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
August 6, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer Michael Martone|An Essay on Craft|”The Title: A SHORT SHORT STORY’S OWN SHORT SHORT STORY”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
January 1, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Essay|Editorials on Issues of Contemporary Aesthetics||Contributing Editor Mick McGrath|”Perseus with the Head of Medusa”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
September 12, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Robert Bly’s|’Warning to the Reader'”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 1, 2022
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Featured Writer Brian Clements|An Essay on Craft||”Some Generic Notes on Short Prose”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
May 20, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Melinda McCamant’s|’Clamming Up’”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
April 27, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ron Carlson’s|’The Tablecloth of Turin'”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
February 13, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lydia Davis’s ‘Therapists'”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
January 3, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of A. M. Homes’s|’With One Wheel Gone Wrong'”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
November 21, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Yasunari Kawabata’s|”The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
October 21, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lydia Davis’s ‘The Mice'”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
September 19, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ursula Hegi’s ‘Doves'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS
May 28, 2021
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning||Anne Whitehouse|”Soldier, Sailor:|Edgar Allan Poe and His Brother Henry”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
May 22, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Madison Smartt Bell’s|’The Naked Lady'”
Editor's AdviceSpecial AnnouncementsArtsLITERARY ARTSTHEATER ARTSSTUDIO ARTSPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Essay, CraftNon-fiction
January 25, 2021
An O:JA&L Guide for Submitters| Editor’s Advice||Contributing Editor Hermione Laake||”How to Prepare a Professional|Biographical Statement”
Editor's AdviceSpecial AnnouncementsNon-fictionLITERARY ARTSTHEATER ARTSSTUDIO ARTSPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Essay, Craft
January 25, 2021
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics|Editor’s Advice||Contributing Editor Hermione Laake||”How to Submit via Submittable”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Oral Interpretation/Spoken WordTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTS
January 14, 2021
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics|Editor’s Advice||Contributing Editor Hermione Laake||”How to Record Voice”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
December 5, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Brady Udall’s ‘The Wig’”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSProse poetryNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftNon-fiction
November 12, 2020
Featured Writer Kendra Tanacea|An Essay on Craft|”James Wright: The Alchemy of a Poet”
Non-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
October 23, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”List Stories: Lists of the Literary Kind”
Academic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNon-fictionFeatured Project
June 14, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROSE POETRY ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)
May 24, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lon Otto’s Flash Fiction|’Love Poems'”
Fine ArtistsClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPortfolio SpotlightPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSPortfolio SpotlightOtherEssay, CraftNon-fiction
April 22, 2020
Contributing Editor Toti O’Brien|Art & Artists of Los Angeles|”Sheer Matter: The Art of Marina Moevs”
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Peter Meinke’s ‘The Cranes'”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Octavio Paz’s|’The Blue Bouquet’”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Raymond Carver’s|’Popular Mechanics'”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsEssay, CraftNon-fiction
March 18, 2020
Featured Writer Parsh Tiwari|An Essay on Craft|”Haibun Uncaged”
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|An Essay on Craft|”The Question of May Swenson”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
February 22, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”An Essential Reading List:|FLASH FICTION/SUDDEN FICTION/SHORT-SHORT FICTION|ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
February 21, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Charles Baudelaire’s|’To Each His Own Chimera'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS2017-18Translation
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning/Translation||Kathleen Vail|”The Horses of Achilles by C. P. Cavafy:|A New Translation”
Editor's AdviceSpecial AnnouncementsArtsLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsProse poetryNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftNon-fiction
February 5, 2020
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics|Editor’s Advice|||Associate Editor Jeff Streeby||”How to Publish a Poem: A Guide for New Submitters”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|An Essay on Craft|”What’s It For?”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|An Essay on Craft|”Crow Funerals and the Loss of Meaning”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fictionExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 30, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”O:JA&L Celebrates Experimental Writing: A Foreword”
Writersbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationNarrative poetryFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|An Essay on Craft|”So Sweet and So Cold:|Plums and Poems from Romania to New Jersey”
Spa-HaibunNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
January 21, 2020
Featured Series: Mixed Forms|Haibun||Contributing Editor Christine Taylor|”An Introduction to Haibun”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
January 20, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|An Essay on Craft|”Songs on the Way to God: A Theory of Poetics”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|An Essay on Craft|”Thinking about Process: Planting or Planning”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWriters2017-18FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Fielding Dawson’s ‘Vertical Fields'”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Heinrich Bőll’s ‘The Laugher’”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured Project2019 archiveWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Alice Walker’s ‘The Flowers'”
2019 archiveFeatured ProjectWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Brief and (Likely) Necessary Fiction”|(Russian version)
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Milos Macourek’s ‘Jacob’s Chicken'”
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Molly Giles’s ‘The Writers’ Model’”
WritersFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”The Myth-ing Link (or Linking Up to Myth)”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Flash Fiction: From Flash Text To Flash Film”
Featured ProjectWriters2017-18FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”FLASH FICTION: Brief And (Likely) Necessary Literature”
Spa-HaibunWritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsProse poetryNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”On the Road With Haibun”
FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionWriters
January 7, 2020
Featured Writer Erik Harper Klass|An Essay on Craft|”For the Love of Dirt”
WritersSPA-DixonFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fiction
December 27, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|An Essay on Craft|”Flash Discourse: The Long of the Short of It”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 22, 2019